Florian Vachon (born 2 January 1985) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020, for the Roubaix–Lille Métropole, and Bretagne–Schuller/Arkéa–Samsic teams.[4][5]

Florian Vachon
Vachon at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full nameFlorian Vachon
Born (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Montluçon, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2002–2003VS Montluçon (junior)
2004Montmarault Allier (junior)
2005–2007EC Montmarault Montluçon
2007Roubaix–Lille Métropole (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2008–2009Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2010–2020Bretagne–Schuller[2][3]

Major results

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2005
2nd Championat d'Auvergne
2006
2nd Circuit des 2 ponts Montluçon
2007
Tour du Haut-Anjou
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Circuit Boussaquin
2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs
3rd Ronde du Pays Basque
8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
8th Road race, UCI European Under-23 Road Championships
2008
1st Izegem
2nd Beuvry la Forêt
6th Tour de Vendée
2009
1st Stage 3 Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
4th Tour de Vendée
6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
8th Le Samyn
8th Tro-Bro Léon
9th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
10th Grand Prix de la Somme
2010
1st Tour du Finistère
1st Stage 1 Route du Sud
1st Stage 3b Circuit des Ardennes
2nd Grand Prix de Denain
5th Tro-Bro Léon
7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
7th Tour de Vendée
8th Grand Prix de la Somme
9th Châteauroux Classic
2011
3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
4th Polynormande
9th Flèche d'Emeraude
2012
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
1st Paris–Bourges
1st Stage 1 Critérium International
9th Overall Paris–Corrèze
9th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
2013
2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
9th Tro-Bro Léon
2014
1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
2015
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
4th Overall Tour du Limousin
4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
6th Tro-Bro Léon
8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2016
3rd Tro-Bro Léon
6th Overall La Méditerranéenne
2017
7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2020
1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  Giro d'Italia Did not contest during his career
  Tour de France 103 88 105 103 99 123
  Vuelta a España Did not contest during his career
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b "FLORIAN VACHON - Arkea-Samsic". Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ Mathieu, Adrien (1 January 2010). "Bretagne-Schuller". Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Arkéa-Samsic". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^ Rochette, Raphaël (29 July 2020). "Florian Vachon (Arkéa-Samsic): "Il faudra s'accrocher sur les Strade Bianche"" [Florian Vachon (Arkéa-Samsic): "We'll have to hang on to the Strade Bianche"]. La Montagne (in French). Centre France. Retrieved 4 September 2020. A son programme : les Strade Bianche, puis Milan-Turin et certainement Milan-San Remo; autant d'épreuves que l'Auvergnat découvrira pour sa dernière saison professionnelle. [On his program: the Strade Bianche, then Milan-Turin and certainly Milan-San Remo; so many events that the Auvergnat will discover for his last professional season.]
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